[Bubba]

My "Personal Opinion" of Windows is there is to much "JUNK" running in the background to make it useful for a Real Time System.

For this, I like DOS and because my controller box does nothing but run the machine, this makes me happy.

I do not have to jump through hoops to make it run real time and I am not in the shop to sure the net or anything else. Just make the machine do what I want it to.

I do not want or need some fancy GUI to make parts. Nor do I need a mouse to make things happen. Just a nice stable keyboard and minimal graphics on the screen. All parts are run through a simulator to be sure they will look like what I want and if the powe doesn't fail, they have.

On top of that, I can run "junk box" computers and it gets the job done!